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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
5
Des Moines trip observed by C T Smith and wife and Harold Smith and wife for the Shriners parade. Local notes cover farm activity, lost tire rack, people visiting Anita from Des Moines, Manning, Murray, and Okoboji, and a range of small town happenings from improvements on West Main street to cattle sales and library or church visitors.
Atlantic visitors Misses Mary Egan and Ada Morrison enjoyed a week there. The note highlights local social interest and travel observations from the Atlantic trip.
James McVay long resident of Anita and nearby community died at his home shortly after noon following a long illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Evangelical Church conducted by Rev. J. H. Boozer. Obituary to follow next week.
The notice refutes a claim that Coffey and Trwin Hardware Anita will close or move. Stock is complete after receivership, and prices are being set. Also reported is the June 1921 marriage of Fay Roy and Max Epwin Burkhart in Omaha with well wishes from the Record editor and local friends.
Mrs. Dora Meyer and her daughter, after spending several months in eastern Iowa, returned to Anita on Saturday.
The annual encampment of the lone National Guard will be held at Camp Dodge in Des Moines from August 10 to 24, showcasing state militia activities and training.
Electrolists along both sides of Main street through Anita have been painted and their appearance has been improved. A family joke about raising chickens turns into a note of lighthearted discouragement as eleven of twelve chicks prove to be roosters.
Chas. E. Williams of Council Bluffs spent Sunday in Anita visiting old friends. Jerry L. Karns of Afton attended funeral services in the city for his step-mother Mrs. W. H. Karns.
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